أصحابنا في مصر قد ضيعوا
أصحابهم واستصحبوا الذكرى
Our companions in Egypt have forsaken
their companions, taking memory for company.
سألت عنهم واحدا واحدا
فنلت عنهم احسن البشرى
I asked after them one by one,
and received the happiest tidings of them.
كأنهم قد حسبوا السعي في
جمع الثرآء الغاية الكبرى
As though they deemed striving to
amass wealth the greatest goal,
وضمنوا ان نلتقي بعد ذا
للانس في الموعودة الأخرى
and pledged that after this we would meet
for fellowship at the other rendezvous.
Sol 5.6